List Of City Name Changes In India 2023 (Complete List)

City Name Changes In India

Last Updated: 1 August 2023

In India, the renaming of cities started way back in 1947 following the end of British rule in India. Many Indian states’ names were changed during British Raj in India.

After the Independence of India, People from several states proposed changing the names as per their local language and various other factors.

Many changes were controversial, and not all proposed changes were implemented. The proposed name had to be approved by the central government in New Delhi to officially rename it.

We present to you a complete list of city name changes in India that had been renamed from 1947 till date.

List Of City Name Changes In India


No.Past NamePresent NameYear
1AlleppeyAlappuzha1990
2AllahabadPrayagraj2018
3AminAbhimanyupur2019
4AurangabadChhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar2023
5BanarasVaranasi1922
6BangaloreBengaluru2006
7BarodaVadodara1974
8BelgaumBelagavi2014
9BellaryBallari2014
10BijapurVijayapura1956
11CalicutKozhikode~
12CannanoreKannur1957
13ChirayinkilChirayinkeezhu2012
14ChikmagalurChikkamagaluru2014
15CochinKochi1996
16CuddapahKadapa2005
17Fort William

Calcutta
Kolkata2001
18GauhatiGuwahati1983
19GulbargaKalburgi2014
20GurgaonGurugram2016
21HospetHosapete2014
22HubliHubballi2014
23Indravati

Umravti
Amravati1097
24JajesmowJajmau1948
25JubbulporeJabalpur1947
26JeyporeJaipur1727
27Kanhiyapur

Cawnpore
Kanpur1948
28KarnavatiAhmedabad1411
29KattachakonamKesavadasapuram1949
30Lakshmanpuri

Lakhanpur

Lakhnau
Lucknow1528
31MadrasChennai1996
32MangaloreMangaluru2014
33MapuçaMapusa1946
34Mumba

Boa Baia

Bombay
Mumbai1995
35MustafabadSaraswati Nagar2016
36MysoreMysuru2014
37New BombayNavi Mumbai1995
38New RaipurAtal Nagar2018
39OotacamundUdhagamandalam1972
40OrissaOdisha2011
41OsmanabadDharashiv2023
42PalghatPalakkad1866
43PanjimPanaji1961
44PataliputraPatna490 BCE
45PondicherryPuducherry2006
46PoonaPune1978
47Qila Rai Pithora

Siri

Tughluqabad

Jahanpanah


Kotla Firoz Shah

Purana Qila

Indraprastha

Shahjahanabad
Delhi1648
48QuilonKollam1949
49RajahmundryRajamahendravaram2015
50RatnapurLatur1905
51SaketAyodhya1969
52ShimogaShivamogga2014
53TanjoreThanjavur1950
54Thirusirappalli

Trichinopoly

Trichy
Tiruchirappalli1971
55Thrishivaperur

Trichur
Thrissur1949
56TrivandrumThiruvananthapuram1991
57TumkurTumakuru2014
58VizagapatamVisakhapatnam1979
59Wheeler IslandAbdul Kalam Island2015

List Of State Name Changes In India


No.Past NamePresent NameYear
1Andhra State Andhra Pradesh1956
2Madhya BharatMadhya Pradesh1959
3Madras State Tamil Nadu1969
4Mysore StateKarnataka1973
5OrissaOdisha2011
6TipperahTripura1949
7Travancore-CochinKerala1956
8United ProvincesUttar Pradesh1950
9UttaranchalUttarakhand2007
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